Thursday, 12 March 2015

The first truffle to have been cultivated on UK soil has been harvested from a field in Leicestershire, according to a plant biologist.Dr Paul Thomas planted the fungus on 20 farms and estates around Britain six years ago.He found the 39g specimen under a young holly-oak tree.The entrepreneur, who appeared on the TV series Dragon's Den, said it was the "birth of the UK truffle industry".After a decade of waiting, Dr Thomas believes that his other sites will also start producing truffles later this year.

I remember this guy on Dragon's Den. He didn't get an investment, but I thought it sounded interesting at the time. If he can make truffles an agricultural product rather than a rare thing that has to be foraged for, I can't see the £400/kg price staying where it is.